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Fire Stations Combine Modern Design, Sustainable Performance Standing-seam metal panels on walls and roofs provide long-term use and low maintenance.
R-Mer Span standing-seam metal panels were used on the walls and the roof. The panels can be installed in a structural application over open framing on slopes as low as 1/4:12. Photos: Garland Canada Inc.
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ttawa, Canada’s capital city and largest geographic
across the city to provide emergency services to its more than
area, is growing at unprecedented rates. Its population
1-million residents, spread across more than 1,700 miles. To put
has grown faster than the province of Ontario and
that into perspective, OFS serves a geographic area that exceeds
Canada as a whole and experts predict that within two decades,
the total combined area served by fire services in the cities of
1 in 35 Canadians will call Ottawa home. The growth has spurred
Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, and Calgary.
commercial and residential development, but has also increased the need for critical services, such as fire and emergency. Currently, Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) has 45 stations located
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As a part of its accreditation with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI), Chantilly, VA, OFS is required to periodically complete fire location studies to evaluate
